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happyfunball:

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--- Quote from: happyfunball on May 06, 2013, 10:10:20 am ---this may be the right thread for this question. I also picked up an lcd with the intention of making a cocktail out of it. it looks good from any angle so everythign is good there.
however. what do people do about the power and adjustment buttons on the edge? if you put this under glass how do you access those buttons to turn it off/on, or is there another method?

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That right there is one reason why arcade monitors exist.  They turn on when they get power.

One option would be to leave the monitor plugged in and let it go into standby when you flip the power switch off.  If you're using a digital connection, you need not worry about adjustments.

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I have never seen an lcd screen that didn't power on automatically when power was applied to it. If you de case the screen the buttons are usually on a pcb strip with a ribbon cable. You can extend cable if needed to have screen adjustments in a place you can reach. Mine is just mounted under the table top (see pic).


good day.

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yea, i sort of figured this might be one option. the point where I have to worry about this is still some point in the future so I wasn't overly concerned but figured its probably something that should be accounted for before any work is done.
CpCaveman:
The phrase "ignorance is bliss" has never been more apt :) , never even thought of all these problems when i bought my monitor, ended up with a samsung 19" model: 940B S (guessing the S means silver) , currently in my upright cabinet, looked at it from all angles would be great in a cocktail table bought it for £30 on ebay including postage came with a 90deg rotating stand as well. just thought it`d be another model you could look out for  :dunno

as for the powering on, I`m using a "power saving multi socket" (the one with a master socket (pc) and 3 slave sockets (240v marquee light,12v led/sound transformer, and monitor) so I switch on the pc , then the monitor (etc) gets power and starts straight up havent had any problem with the monitor and stand by mode, also stuck adhesive rubber strip around the edges between the monitor and the bezel (with a gap cut around the buttons so they cant be "pressed" when someone hits the plastic front.
Mental:
I'm pretty happy with the NEC EA192M in my cocktails. As long as the bottom side of the monitor is on the back side of the cabinet, against a wall, you're fine. The other 3 angles are great.
michelevit:
Unless your building a cocktail, I'm not sure why the picture needs to be perfect from looking from the sides.
The viewing angle should be in front on the monitor, not the sides or above or below it. Your playing DIG-DUG, not
color matching a high resolution digipic with Photoshop.
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: michelevit on May 09, 2013, 02:46:38 pm ---Unless your building a cocktail, I'm not sure why the picture needs to be perfect from looking from the sides.
The viewing angle should be in front on the monitor, not the sides or above or below it. Your playing DIG-DUG, not
color matching a high resolution digipic with Photoshop.

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If you're using it on a two player cab, you might start seeing issues...
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